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Appendix:Variations of "ent" English Etymology From en enm -ent, also enm -ant, enm -aunt, etc., from en fro -ent and its source en la -ēns (accusative singular la -entem), suffix of present participles of verbs in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th conjugations."-ent" at Dictionary.com Pronunciation ənt, en /ənt/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl--ent.wav Southern England ĕnt India, en /enʈ/ [ë̞ɳʈ] en -ant Suffix en suffix adjective-forming suffixes Causing, doing, or promoting a certain action. en absorbent, efficient One that causes, does, or promotes a certain action. en agent, deterrent Usage notes Adjectives terminating in -ent are usually accompanied by derived nouns having en -ence or en -ency, as en cadence and en ardency. Derived terms en See also en -ant, en -ance, en -ancy References Further reading 1914 II -ent 1944 3 Anagrams en ent .NET NET Net TEN net ten Catalan Etymology ca la -ēns (accusative singular la -entem). Pronunciation Adjective indicating a quality or state ca calent hot ca absent absent ca intel·ligent intelligent Noun mfbysense referring to people doing something ca president president ca dependent clerk Dutch Pronunciation nl /ɛnt/ Suffix m -en + -ente en -ent; Latinate suffix forming nouns and adjectives Usage notes This suffix is rarely productive within Dutch. Most words containing this suffix were borrowed with the suffix already part of the word, and were formed within Latin or in another language in imitation of Latin morphology. Derived terms nl French Etymology 1 fr la -ēns -entem. Mostly confined to learned formations; inherited words tend to use the spelling fr -ant. Pronunciation fr -ant Suffix adjectival and nominal suffix fr content, inconvénient, spinescent - Etymology 2 fr la -ant, la -ent, la -iunt. Pronunciation Generally silent. Before a vowel optionally fr /t‿/. fr -e -es Suffix forms the third-person plural present indicative form of a verb fr Elles marchent. They walk. forms the third-person plural present subjunctive form of a verb Hungarian Etymology From hu -e- -n -t linking vowel instantaneous suffix causative suffix y. Pronunciation hu ɛnt 1 Suffix hu suffix hu instantaneous suffix Added to a stem - often an onomatopoeia - to form a verb expressing an instantaneous action. hu tüsszent to sneeze Usage notes instantaneous suffix Variants: hu -ant is added to back-vowel words hu -ent is added to front-vowel words Derived terms hu verb See also hu -int hu Appendix:Hungarian suffixes References Latin Pronunciation ent Suffix la suffix form la -ō 3 p pres actv subj first conjugation Polish Etymology pl :der la:-ēns + + Pronunciation Suffix pl suffix m forms nouns denoting people pl decydować decydent Declension Derived terms pl Welsh Pronunciation cy /ɛnt/ Suffix cy suffix cy literary verb suffix for the third-person plural imperfect/conditional cy literary verb suffix for the third-person plural imperative Derived terms cy